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Salt is used to melt snow on roads. But in the Olympics in Sochi right now they are using salt to harden snow and keep it from melting. How is this contradiction possible?

1688 upvotes • r/askscience

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Diamonds are just carbon, so what would it take to burn them?

1426 upvotes • r/askscience

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Did Napoleon Bonaparte ever actually say "China? There lies a sleeping giant. Let him sleep, for when he wakes he will move the world."

392 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Were there any secularization drives in the Islamic world besides Mustafa Kemal Ataturk's well-known efforts?

127 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Is the perception of increasing lawlessness in younger generations a common, standard illusion throughout history?

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Why didn't the British West Indies emerge as a single country like Canada and Australia when it gained independence?

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At the time, how did the Finnish rationalize their unique position in WWII (a democracy on the side of the Axis)?

64 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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[WP] You are a mapmaker, part of a secret order of mapmakers who have been inciting wars and rebellion for centuries in order to stay in business updating maps.

62 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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Is it true that by the early 1890s, the Pinkerton National Detective Agency employed more agents than there were members of the standing army of the United States of America?

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Is there any evidence that any wildlife species are evolving to avoid roads?

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Salt is used to melt snow on roads. But in the Olympics in Sochi right now they are using salt to harden snow and keep it from melting. How is this contradiction possible?	1688	askscience
Diamonds are just carbon, so what would it take to burn them?	1426	askscience
Did Napoleon Bonaparte ever actually say "China? There lies a sleeping giant. Let him sleep, for when he wakes he will move the world."	392	AskHistorians
Were there any secularization drives in the Islamic world besides Mustafa Kemal Ataturk's well-known efforts?	127	AskHistorians
Is the perception of increasing lawlessness in younger generations a common, standard illusion throughout history?	127	AskHistorians
Why didn't the British West Indies emerge as a single country like Canada and Australia when it gained independence?	119	AskHistorians
At the time, how did the Finnish rationalize their unique position in WWII (a democracy on the side of the Axis)?	64	AskHistorians
[WP] You are a mapmaker, part of a secret order of mapmakers who have been inciting wars and rebellion for centuries in order to stay in business updating maps.	62	WritingPrompts
Is it true that by the early 1890s, the Pinkerton National Detective Agency employed more agents than there were members of the standing army of the United States of America?	43	AskHistorians
Is there any evidence that any wildlife species are evolving to avoid roads?	39	askscience